Exodus 22:17
And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay + 22:17 Gr. money. compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
18You⌃ shall not save the lives of sorcerers.
Cross References
Genesis 23:16And Abraam listened to Ephron, and Abraam rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Chet, four hundred didrachmas of silver approved with merchants.
Leviticus 20:6And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.
Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found in you one who purges his son or his daughter with fire, one who + 18:10 Gr. divines. uses divination, who deals with omens, and augury,
1 Samuel 18:25And Saul said, Thus shall you⌃ speak to David, The king wants no gift but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the kings enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22… Read the whole commentary →